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<span id="command:get_directory_property"></span><h1>get_directory_property<a class="headerlink" href="#get-directory-property" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Get a property of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DIRECTORY</span></code> scope.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">get_directory_property(</span><span class="nv">&lt;variable&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">DIRECTORY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;dir&gt;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;prop-name&gt;</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>Stores a property of directory scope in the named <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;variable&gt;</span></code>.
The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DIRECTORY</span></code> argument specifies another directory from which
to retrieve the property value instead of the current directory.
The specified directory must have already been traversed by CMake.</p>
<p>If the property is not defined for the nominated directory scope,
an empty string is returned.  In the case of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">INHERITED</span></code> properties,
if the property is not found for the nominated directory scope,
the search will chain to a parent scope as described for the
<span class="target" id="index-0-command:define_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="define_property.html#command:define_property" title="define_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">define_property()</span></code></a> command.</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">get_directory_property(</span><span class="nv">&lt;variable&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="no">DIRECTORY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;dir&gt;</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="w">                       </span><span class="no">DEFINITION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">&lt;var-name&gt;</span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span>
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<p>Get a variable definition from a directory.  This form is useful to
get a variable definition from another directory.</p>
<p>See also the more general <span class="target" id="index-0-command:get_property"></span><a class="reference internal" href="get_property.html#command:get_property" title="get_property"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_property()</span></code></a> command.</p>
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